The Crownless Queen by Elizabeth ChadwickA Crown of Stars by Shana AbeThey Can't Burn Us All by Cathryn KempThe Winter Witch by Jennifer  ChevalierThe Foursome by Christina Baker Kline
Historical Fiction 2026
216 books — 65 voters
The Ballad of Mary Kearney by Katherine MezzacappaBoudicca by P.C. CastA Magic Deep and Drowning by Hester FoxThe Teacher of Auschwitz by Wendy   HoldenThe Gods Time Forgot by Kelsie Sheridan Gonzalez
Historical Fiction 2025
322 books — 155 voters

The Briar Club by Kate QuinnThe Phoenix Crown by Kate QuinnSong of the Huntress by Lucy  HollandThe Royal Rebel by Elizabeth ChadwickThe Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
Historical Fiction 2024
356 books — 192 voters
Marvelous by Molly GreeleyThe King's Jewel by Elizabeth Chadwick
Historical Fiction 2023
374 books — 248 voters

The Diamond Eye by Kate QuinnThe American Adventuress by C.W. GortnerQuantum Girl Theory by Erin Kate RyanThe Fervor by Alma KatsuThe Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
Historical Fiction 2022
407 books — 431 voters
The Rose Code by Kate QuinnOur Darkest Night by Jennifer RobsonThe Children's Blizzard by Melanie BenjaminThe Longest Echo by Eoin DempseyThe Steel Beneath the Silk by Patricia Bracewell
Historical Fiction 2021
451 books — 746 voters

A Murderous Relation by Deanna RaybournThe Deep by Alma KatsuCode Name Hélène by Ariel LawhonThe Sun Down Motel by Simone St. JamesThe Queen's Fortune by Allison Pataki
Historical Fiction 2020
370 books — 523 voters
American Princess by Stephanie Marie ThorntonThe Huntress by Kate QuinnThe Abolitionist's Daughter by Diane C. McPhailThe Philosopher's War by Tom        MillerThe Irish Princess by Elizabeth Chadwick
Historical Fiction 2019
415 books — 655 voters

Territory by Emma BullThe Curse of Jacob Tracy by Holly Messinger
Best Fantastic American West
79 books — 50 voters

A Treacherous Curse by Deanna RaybournThe Dutch Wife by Ellen KeithTrouble the Water by Jacqueline  FriedlandThe Coffin Path by Katherine ClementsThe Broken Girls by Simone St. James
Historical Fiction 2018
420 books — 976 voters
Someone to Hold by Mary BaloghDuke of Desire by Elizabeth HoytBlackthorne's Bride by Joan JohnstonTexas Redemption by Linda Broday
2017 Historical Romance
405 books — 476 voters

The Orphan's Tale by Pam JenoffWindy City Blues by Renée RosenThe Fire by Night by Teresa MessineoGirl in Disguise by Greer MacallisterThe Samurai of Seville by John J. Healey
Historical Fiction 2017
339 books — 852 voters
The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. JamesDelia's Shadow by Jaime Lee MoyerAn Inquiry into Love and Death by Simone St. JamesIn the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters
Historical Ghost Fiction
231 books — 348 voters

The Magnolia Duchess by Beth  WhiteDawn at Emberwilde by Sarah E. Ladd
NEW Christian Fiction 2016
369 books — 548 voters
Lost Among the Living by Simone St. JamesHanging Mary by Susan HigginbothamThe Dutch Girl by Donna ThorlandThe Midnight Watch by David DyerPlatinum Doll by Anne Girard
Historical Fiction 2016
340 books — 878 voters

The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. JamesAn Inquiry into Love and Death by Simone St. JamesSilence for the Dead by Simone St. JamesHollow City by Ransom Riggs
Historical Paranormal Fiction
90 books — 71 voters
Until the Dawn by Elizabeth CamdenLuther and Katharina by Jody HedlundTo Win Her Favor by Tamera AlexanderThrough Waters Deep by Sarah SundinThe Wood's Edge by Lori Benton
NEW 2015 Christian Fiction
500 books — 764 voters

This Is All I Ask by Lynn Kurland
Blind Heroes/Heroines In Romance
289 books — 311 voters
Traitor's Moon by Lynn FlewellingMagic's Price by Mercedes LackeyScarlet and the White Wolf by Kirby CrowA Companion to Wolves by Sarah MonetteDynasty of Ghosts by P.L. Nunn
Best Fantasy Books with Gay Main Characters
1,265 books — 2,645 voters

Somewhere in France by Jennifer RobsonThis Is How I'd Love You by Hazel WoodsIn Falling Snow by Mary-Rose MacCollHope at Dawn by Stacy Henrie
WWI Historic Fiction
300 books — 84 voters

Shelter by Dan Ljoka
Nuclear Apocalypse
70 books — 175 voters
Brethren by W.A. HoffmanThe Catch Trap by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best Gay Historical Fiction
365 books — 571 voters

Brethren by W.A. HoffmanThe Catch Trap by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Best of Gay Romance
3,572 books — 3,363 voters
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by AviQuest for a Maid by Frances Mary HendryCatherine, Called Birdy by Karen CushmanBlack Beauty by Anna SewellThe King's Shadow by Elizabeth  Alder
Favorite books from my childhood
4,421 books — 7,428 voters

The Other Side of Midnight by Simone St. JamesMistress Firebrand by Donna ThorlandAgainst a Brightening Sky by Jaime Lee MoyerThe Pretender's Lady by Alan GoldThe Last Queen of India by Michelle    Moran
Historical Fiction 2015
397 books — 2,091 voters
Beside a Burning Sea by John ShorsGracie by Ellie  KeatonThe Paris of the East by Karen McMillanThe Commandant of Lubizec by Patrick HicksFinding Rebecca by Eoin Dempsey
WWII Historic Fiction
1,456 books — 1,531 voters



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